Vancouver, Washington / Portland, Oregon

A change of seasons

Starting on January 7th, 2013 and going through June, 2013 I will be an instructor in the Computer Technology program at Vancouver’s Clark College. The four classes are:

Winter 2013 Quarter

Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving (CTEC 121)

HTML Essentials (CTEC 122 – two classes)

Introduction to PHP (CTEC 127)

Spring 2013 Quarter

Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving (CTEC 121)

HTML Essentials (CTEC 122 – two classes)

Advanced PHP (CTEC 127)

Teaching is something that I have always been interested in doing career-wise and, this opportunity provides me with an opportunity to give it a try. Over the last couple of weeks I have been guest lecturing and so far so good. The students are amazing and it’s a huge departure from the “enterprise” world that I came from. They offer a totally different perspective that I am welcoming with open arms.

At Elguji we are hard at work on IdeaJam 2.0 which is going to be a groundbreaking release. We have learned a lot about running a micro-ISV both in the on-premises world and the world of cloud computing. There are some amazing things you will be seeing from Elguji in 2013. We recently launched V1.3 of our popular IQJam product.

I will be at Connect 2013 with Gayle and will be delivering three sessions:

Apps, Apps, and More Apps: Meet the Very Best Open Source Apps from OpenNTF (with Niklas Heidloff)

10 thoughts on “A change of seasons”

Congratulations, Professor! You’ve been an inspiration as long as I’ve known you, and will continue to be so for a long time! Your students are lucky to have you! I will see you down at Connect 2013, and we will toast your success (while I pick your brain about the steps you took to do what I hope to someday do myself…) Cheers, my friend!!!

It’s a little known fact that my degree is in education, primary education in particular. A return to teaching in some fashion remains my eventual IT exit strategy. I’m looking forward to hearing how you get on. I imagine you’ll find it very rewarding. More power to you Bruce you’re inspirational.